We accept everyone here*

So France is now openly pro-~~ti~~fa. What's that short for again? Oh. Right. Fascist.

Holy shit. I'm glad I don't need anything in France.

I like this better.

The threaded conversations allow a useful interesting discussion to continue, even after some random person's comment details half the participants.

Yes. Starfinder has planets, and some planets have caves.

I will be back to the theaters for this. Sure, I just got my home theater setup how I like it. And yes, classic films in my collection are showing daily at whatever time I damn well please. And my snacks are both superior and cheaper.

I forgot where I was going with this.

Oh right. To the other room to watch a movie without any fucking ads.

Spooky. I thought that was my fridge for a minute, but this is just silly. Guns go in the crisper drawer for freshness.

I'm pleased to report that all those other promised utopia frameworks turned out perfect, and aren't in any way still a huge daily pain in the ass. I expect no less from this time around. Computers are finally smart. It's great.

It's the AI that is prone to delusions, or was that just me?

A little more time and a lot more money. But the savings will be huge. The savings will make the current era of extravagant burning piles of money look like a sound investment. You'll be glad you got in on the ground floor...

We do need a little more time, though. And money.

I have good news!?

...This isn't a particularly gendered problem.

Many firms are now slashing their number of new hires.

Yes. This sucks.

The main cause of this is artificial intelligence

Unlikely.

The main cause for a chill in hiring tends to be uncertainty about the future. And we know that folks are feeling high uncertainty about the future, right now. (Gestures broadly at current headlines in general and "Not The Onion", in particular.)

Historically, uncertainty about the future is particularly high when the people have low confidence that existing and new laws will be applied in a predictable manner.

I'll leave exactly what changed on that front as a thought exercise.

AI is interesting, but it is not the primary cause of the chill in hiring new graduates.

Protect the Dolls, for those unfamiliar. Neat.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be buying one at the first opportunity.

My other action figures are going to have to stand in the shadow of the glory of "it's just Jack Black, I guess".

(No sarcasm. I'm really going to buy this. I love the idea of Jack Black just playing "Jack Black".)